Vulcanizer for repairing rubber tires, &amp;c.



v.11. MEYER. V VULOANIZER FOR REPAIRING RUBBERT IRESfM.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 16, 1909.

Patented Feb. 15, 1910.

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. R z r/ c ifaevzcgf v. H.- MEYER. VULGANIZER FOB. REPAIRING RUBBER TIRES, &c.

APPLIQATiON FILED AUG. 16, 1909.

Patented Feb. 15,1910.

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To a'lfl it concem:

..Be1 .it lmown.that I, VERNON H. Mam, a ofv Americayresiding at Oleveland-in the hg8. and- Stateof-"ohio,have invented certain new and useful Im roveme'nts in Vuloam'zers for Repairin' tubber Tires, ,&c.-; I hereby declare t e following to be a 11, clear, and exact desoriptionof the inthe art to Whicliit pertains to make and s thesameg This avenues relates to improvements in or use'm re portable vulcanizers' suitable pairing rubber tires, etc.

This invention comprises a ho low metal an. interior closed chamber N water and providedfeitternally with a laterally facing vuly I avin fcanizin'gfsurfaoe arranged to be placed a ainst'i'the -tireoasing, o rubberjtob'e repaired.

' Another object is toinexpensively, form anupright fiuefintowhich passthe products 0f combustion arising torch or heating d from the burner of a evice employed in heating the body of. the

' said line and the operating vulc'ani'zing .sur-

so -f to employ;1 I I 'tion'of-t e aforesaid ,flue-at the oneor the ace of the said body arranged at opposite sides respectivelyof. the body.

'Anotherobject'isjzo provide the said body ertains'n ore es ecially to t veneers I233 For REPAI Specifieationiof Letters Patent. Application filed August 1c, 1909. Serial m...

vention, such as will enable others skilled in nth tube-or other object r izer, and s v board between which and the body of the vulcanizer is interposed a rubber tube to be vulcanizer, and to have the withv two vulo'anizingsurfa'ces arranged at.

and

opposite sides respectively of the bed a plate nstrumental in the other of the said sides and to render t-h'e'said plate removable from the b O "nectin' the said flanges together and arthe rubber tire-casing,

lngldeviee ob3ect-beingrepaired;

ody to permit of the formation-of the said flue at the one or of the vulcanizingfsurfaces isTop'erating on equiringrepairs the, other vulcanizing'sun faeearticipates in .the formation of the spaced on and projecting inwardlyplate, and to provide the guard formedby a web conran e to prevent aflameor products-bf v eom ustion arising from the torch or. heatfrom coming in contact with the i Another. obj ct i to vuleanizger so that when one tube; or other object,

of a single casting and is shown), The body ,steanlgenerator and is-heated as will hereinher a may .Iapertu're' 10 uponremovm filled about but a MEYER, or c EvE ANn; 01110.-

RING Rosana TIRES, &c.

Patented Feb. 15, 1910. 512,993.

easily operated and efficient in its operation,

' and not liable to' get out of order. 1 county of Guyawhich is simple and durable in construction,

eatures of-constructiomand combition, and shows the vulcanizer applied to the rubber casi'ng'of apneuinatio tire. Fig. 2

is ahorizontal section on'line 2-2, .Fig. 1,. looking downwardly. Fig. 3 isa. section taken alon'gline 3-3, Fig. 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow, ands-hows the torch or heating device of the vulcanizerin elevation. Fig. 4 is a vertical section takenalongline 1+4, Fig.3, look ng in the" direction'indicated by the' arrow. Fig. 5 is atop plan,

ows-thelatter attached to'a re aired.

eferring to the drawings, Aindicates the hollowmeta'l body of my improved Vulconsi'sts preferably 7 provided interiorly with a chamber a for receiving water (not A ispreferably used as a camzer. '-'The body A after appear. It will beobserved'therefore "that my improved vulcanizer comprises a closed water- .1'eceiving chambera. The chamber a is shown provided in the top wall thereof with a screw-threaded aperture -'1 closed by a correspondingly externally screw-threaded plu'; G which is provided in its outer end wit plug and adapted to ture to which the body-A is heated duringartly in section, of the vu1cana cavity12 extending downwardly'fro'm the top surface of the the operationofthevulcanizer; The ohambe supplied with water at the the plu' C, and I would here-remark that t one-third full of water first operationfof the vulcanlzer e said 0 amber is j preparaand doesfnot .require-,;refilling. It' will be observedtherefore that the-plug 0 forms not 1y astopper forclosin the aperture 10' socket. or holder 3. a thermometer. j

l 00 disclosethe 'temperav 20 are integral with and reinforce the sa d walls;

, especial The body isprovided'witlr'two vulcaih ,izing surfaces 1 1 and 15 arranged at po- "site sides respectivelyv of the bodyan ex tendin from the upper end'to' the lower end otthe"body. .The' vulcanizing surface .14 curves inwardly and transversely of the body A to render the said surface capable of conforming to and partially embracing the casing of a pneumatic tire.- The vulcanizing surface is fiat and designed more tube, such, for instance, as the*inner.tube 'of a pneumatic tire.- It will be observed therefore that the vulcanizing surfaces 14:.

and 15 are-formed by the outer surface of opposite side walls respectively of the chamber a,-and the body A'is' provided internally with-two webs Band 13 spaced' vertically between the *top and bottom of the said chamber, which webs extend between and Figs. 1,2 and 4 show my improfved, vulcanizer in ositioii with the curvedvulcanizingsurface 14; in contact with'the cas-- ing D of a pneumatic tire on a vehicle-rim E, and the means employed in attaching the vulcaniz'er to the tire and wheel-rim preferably comprise achain-strap G which cx-' tends across the inner circumferentially extending surfaceaof the wheel-rim and has opposite end-portions thereof overlappin opposite sides respectively of the tire and attached to the bod A which is' preferably provided betweent 1e" two vulcanizin surfaces 14 and 15 with two opposite y arranged outwardly 'projecting substantially horizontalarms 17 and 17 which are in line endwise, as shown very clearly in Fig. 3.-

Pref'e rably the body A is provided between its two vulcanizing surfaces 14 and 15 with two oppositely arranged substantially horiattached to the body A, The-chamber a may be supplied with water at the cnepr the other of the holes 18 upon-removin the plug H whichoccupies the said hole. v ach'ar'm 17 is provided centrally between the top and bottom of the farm witha slot20 which 'extends laterally through the" arm and from the outer extremity of the arm inwardly a suitable distance, and an. eye-bolt I extends substantially horizontally through the said slot and is arranged substantially atia right angle to the arm. ,When the vulcanizer is y for use in vulcanizing a rubber projects far enough bethe body A to have its to be used in vulcanizing a tire-casing D,'as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4, the-eye-bolts 1 and I are'arranged with their eye-shaped heads- 22 adj acent' the tire and attached to opposite ends respec'tively'of the chain-strap G,and

theshanks of the eye-bolt s extend from the chain-strap-facing' sides of the. arms 17 through the slots 20 in the said arms and beyond the opposite sidesof the arms, and thumb-nuts J are mounted on the sa d shanks and tightened against the last-men tion'ed sides of the said arms to draw the bhain-strap tightly against the inner 'circumfer'ential surface of the wheel-rim and to-hold thebody A at its vulcanizin'g surface 14 in contact with the tire caSing; I I In Fig.5 the vulcanizer is shown attached so- I to -a board K,and a rubbertube L tojbje-' repaired is showninterposed between the said board and the fiabvulcanizi'ng surface '15 of the bodyA, andthesaid bodyandthe said board are'clamped together betweenthe eye 22 of each eye-bolt I and ,the nut. J on the bolt.

By the construction 'hereinbe fore scribed it will be observed that one of the to be vulcanized during the operation ,ofthe vulcanizer, and I would here remarkthat fupright laterally facingvulcanizing'sides or surfaces of the body A engages the object; a metal plate R is arranged'opposite and spacedv a suitable distance from the other vulcanizing side or surface of the said body, which, plate extends from a suitable distance below the said body upwardlyto and a suitable distance above the arms 17 and is pro vided at its inner side with two-.laterally g "and inwardly rojecting flanges rand 1' lower end of the plate and I ave lateral slots which extend rom the u per end tothe 1 23 through which the arms 17 extend, which I slots have their top walls overlappingand resting on thetop surfacesof the said arms.

The slots 23 extend laterally through" the flanges r and to the upright edges of the said flanges so that the plateR is removably supported from the arms '17 and consequently from the body A. .The plate R isprovided opposite the adjacent vulcanizing surface of the body A with a set-screw or inwardly projecting member 24 which isarranged to engage the said surface inthe v ert'ical posi- .tion of the plate and, is therefore instrumental in steadyingthe said plate. The" two flanges 1" of the plate R are connected to' gether under the body A by an imperforate 1 web 25 which extendsbetw'e'en the ,said

flanges at the upright edges offthe flanges and into suitable proximity to the bottom of the said body, The. plate R and 1 its flanges r and the web 25" form awertically' arranged or upright fluefbelow the body A,

and the upward extension of'the'said plate opposite the ad acent 'vulcanizing surface'co- [operates Wltlilihfi said surface in forming an I "the body.- I

scribedwill-be observed-that" the web forms guard; topre'v ent-the flame" Mean for 'rela t'ii'e to thesaid, body-that shall impinge against the bottom ot 'the' said body." 'lhe torcl IT. is remoyablyj eo niected with the, body A 1v preferably-,having two spring-arms 2T and;2 7 a1'ra-11ge l at." opposite sides respectively of the.'tor 'ch and. engaging and removable-from; ahole 28,.formed in op posite flanges. wand- 17. respectively ot'the I "vided at its rnner'sidewuth .tWo'-late rally and nwardly pro ecting-flanges whichlex Bv. the cqnstruetion' hereinbefore de from the torch frorn'coming directly in contact with the object to be repaired that the products; of combustion arising from the"; said fiamepass upwardly along the body A,

.and tjhat the :plate' R canebe readily noved from opposite the fiat-nulcaniz-ing surface to and-oppositefthe curvedvulcanizi'ng surface It gwillbe observed also that the torch, being remorably attached to the flanges 1 l0fthe said'plate-from the body A.

i What- ;I claim z-- for repairing rubber tires, etcg. an. interiorlychambered inetal body having two external vu'lcanizing-snrfaces formed one ttxthe other of the said-sides, and a heatingI-deviee proje :tin'g into thelower portion:

of the line and arranged to heat the body.

2:;I nT'a Yulctinize'r fonrepairing rubber vided at itsfinner. side with-two laterally and inwardly projecting flanges which extend up anddown the plateand'are connected together by aweb under the body a suitable distance from the last-mentioned side .of-the flangesand the said web'and the-Iast-Itienti ned side of-the-body' body,- Said plate and its forming a' -fiue,- andmeansifor heating the bodv-at the inner side'of: the said. web; 1

3L Inja "vulcan1zer for repairing rubber an interior-1y chambered metal b0dy.havmg an external vulcanizing su'r'-' formed atone. side of-the body; an ,up-

face

upward:extensionof"the "said tine next to idedelowth'e latter and preferably:com-

prise a; torch -.-'-I. -'having its buriiert arranged under the-: said' body; 'wl1ich burner projects ow er portion of the flue proximity. to the inner side .5 .s of the web. 25 and has 1such"{arrangement a flame '(notg shown) -'arisi1 ig front the. wick I 26 of the burner during thebpeiiation of thetorch arising l.

the plate R. is removable with" a t opposite sides respectively of the body'gairupright flue'fornie'd at one of the said sides'ofand ex'tending nnder the. body,- Said flue being removable from-"the at onelsidexof thebody; an upright plate arranged; opposite and which plate-extends below-the body and is proright plhte low the body, which plate is supported from ath'e body and provided-at-its inner side-with two laterallyand inwardly projecting flanges which extend up .and down the plate andvare connected'togetherby; a 'web under the body,

aid. plate andlthe. body cotiperating lll' forming' an 'nprightflue. ;fand a hea projectinginto-tlie lowe1- portion or the said tiueand arranged. to heatthe body.

' -i. In. a ivnlcanizer for repairing rubber body. having two external i-"nlcanizing .surfaces fornied' at Opposite sides respectively 'ofthe bod?;. an'upright ;plate arranged op posite andspaced frontone of the said sides and extending below the body, --is reln'orablyattached toth'e body' ai1d-pro-' tend up and down the plate and"'a're eonnected together and means for heating the-f bottom of the body at the inner side of the said web.

5. In a YlllCillllZQl' for repairing-rubber tires, etc., an ,interiorly' chainbered metal- .faces formed at opposite side s-'respectrvel. of the body,- one of the "said surfaces being fiat andthe other curved; inwardly-and trans \"e.rsely; an upright plate arrangedop posite and spaced from one'oftlnx-said sidesiofand extending below the body, which plate is relnorably attached to'the body and provided at 'its inner side with two -late'rally and inwardly projecting fianges which extend up, and down the .plate and are conper-forate web. which roxlnut-y to: the body, and means 'for heat- .ot the web; a a l a e In a vulcanizer for repairing rubber bod having an external vnlcanizing surface-formed at Onesideof-the' body; a plate arrangedopposite"and s" mean-011 11160 positesicle of and exten ing below. the b0 y laterally and inwardly jprojectingfiaiwes which extendup anddown the plate, an a and having its burner arranged to heat the bottomof the body during tl the torch. a

7.' In a vulcanizerfor repairing rubber tires, etc., an interiorly "chambered metal .body having an external .wilcanizing suro s ite side of the body and provided at its inner side with two laterally and inwardly "rojecti'ng flanges which extend u ownthenplate, which. flanges have la which; plate by a web iinder the -body,:'

body having ,t-wo externalvulcanizingsnrnecte'd-toget-her under the body by an 11nextends into su1table.- 100 mg the bottom of the body at the inner side and fprovided at, its innerside with two arranged opposite and spaced from the 0p'-,-

and teral 130 ting device tires, et c., van interior-1y chambered metal torch remm'ably attached to the said flanges I to operation of face-formed at oneside of the body; a plate '2 holes, and a torch having its burner arranged to heat the bot-tom of the body, said torch being provided with spring-aimsv r0 jecting into and removable from the a oresaid holes.

8. In a vulcanizer for repairing rubber tires, etc.', an interiorly chambered metal the body. body having two external vulcanizing sur faces formed at opposite sides respectively whose top walls overlap the top surfaces of r and rest on the aforesaid-arms, and a heating device arranged to heat the bottom of In 'testin'ion i'ng specification, in witnesses.- Y

' VERNON H. MEYER."

"Vitnessesi. I

O. H. Domcn,

BQC. BROWN.

the presence of two whereof, I sign the forego- 

